Allan Bernstein, M.D.
He is Co-Chief of Neurology, Permanente Medical Group in Santa Rosa CA and President of the Medical Staff for Kaiser Foundation Hospital also in Santa Rosa, CA. Widely published, he is one of the major proponents for improving Headache Management Policies for Health Maintenance Organizations and a promoter of the benefits of behavioral interventions for chronic headaches. We have had the privilege of working with Dr. Bernstein and his headache patients in our private practices for several years.

Allan Bernstein, M.D.
Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa, CA

Education and Degrees
1961-1965 State University of New York. Harpur College,
Binghamton, New York
A.B. Chemistry, 1965

1965-1969 State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center,
Syracuse, New York
M.D., 1969

1969-1970 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Internal Medicine

1970-1973 Boston University Affiliated Hospitals
Training Program in Neurology
Boston VA Hospital
University Hospital
Boston City Hospital
Teaching Fellow in Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine

Licenses and Certifications
1970 National Board of Medical Examiners, N-105567
1970 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Registration in Medicine, #32445
1972 California State Board of Medical Examiners, G-22090
1976 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Certified in Neurology, #15025

Professional Experience
1973-1995
Neurologist, Permanente Medical Group, Hayward, CA
1983-1995
Chief of Neurology , Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Hayward, CA
1974-1995
Attending Neurologist, Highland-Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, CA
1983-Present
Consultant in Neurology, Veterans, Administration Hospital, Martinez, CA
1983-Present
Professor of Clinical Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis
1994-Present
Co-Chief of Neurology, Permanente Medical Group, Santa Rosa, CA
1997-Present
President of Medical Staff, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Santa Rosa, CA

Memberships
American Academy of Neurology
American Association for the Study of Headache
National Headache Foundation
San Francisco Neurological Society
International Headache Society

Research in Progress
Migraine in Primary Care Practice
Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease
Epidemiology of ALS
Cost of Stroke
Acute Stroke Treatment with Ancrod
Migraine in Adolescents Treated with Zomig
B-12 and Folic Acid in Neurologic Illness
Magnesium and Migraine in Children
Magnesium and Migraine in Adults
Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease with Exelon

Publications
DiGiacomo, M.A., Bernstein, A.L., Scurran, B.L., Karlin, J.M., Electrodiagnosis of the Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome. J. Am. Podiatry Association, 70: (2), 94-96, 1980

Bernstein, A.L., Del Tredici, A.M., Migraine in Children, A Dietary Study. Headache 23 (3), 142, 1983

Del Tredici, A.M., Bernstein, A.L., Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Vitamin B-6 Therapy. In: Reynolds R.D., Leklum, J.E., eds. Vitamin B-6: Its Role in Health and Disease. New York, Alan R. Liss, 1985; 459-462

Solomon, J.R., Bernstein, A.L., Staging of Aphasic Patient Rehabilitation in a Time of Limited Resources: The Experience of an American Pre-paid Health Maintenance Organization. Proceedings of the Second International Aphasia Rehabilitation Congress, Goteborg, Sweden, 1986

Bernstein, A.L., Neurologic Examination in Children: in Clinics in Pediatric Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 4, No. 1, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co. 11-20; 1987

Bernstein, A.L., More on Ergotamine Withdrawal (letter), Headache, 27 (8): 458, 1987

Bernstein, A.L., Lobitz, C.S., A Clinical and Electrophysiologic Study of the Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathies with Pyridoxine. In: Leklem, J.E., Reynolds, R.D., eds; Clinical and Physiological Applications of Vitamin B-6. New York, Alan R. Liss, 415-423, 1988

Bernstein, A.L., Vitamin B-6 in Clinical Neurology. In: Ann. N.Y. Academy Science. 585: 250-260, 1990

Tulkin, S.R., Frank, G.W., Bernstein, A.L., Aubel. B., Lehn, M., Management of Chronic Benign Pain in a Prepaid Practice. In: J. Feldman and R. Fitzpatrick (Eds) Managed Mental Health Care. New York: American Psychiatric Press, Inc. 1992

Tulkin, S.R., Frank, G.W., Bernstein, A.L., Aubel. B., Lehn, M., Changes in Medical Utilization for Treatment in a Pain Management Clinic. Paper presented at VIth World Congress on Pain, Adelaide, Australia. Pain, Supplement 5, 340. 1990

Bernstein, A., Dinesen, J., Vitamin B-6 and neurologic function: The effect on nerve conductions, electroencephalograms and pain. J. Am. Coll. Nutr. 9:5, 525 Oct. 1990 (abstr)

Hargrave, R., Bernstein, A., Fluoxetine induced seizures. Psychosomatics: 33(2), 236-239, Spring 1992

Bernstein, A.L., Dinesen, J.S., Effect of pharmacologic doses of vitamin B-6 in carpal tunnel syndrome, electroencephalographic results and pain. J. Am. Col. Nutri. 12 (1): 73-76, 1993

Bernstein, A.L., Hemiplegic migraine and moya moya disease. AJDC, 147 (7): 718, 1993

Bernstein, A.L., Berk, W.L., The development of a multi-disciplinary Headache/Facial Pain/Craniomandibular Disorders program in a Health Maintenance Organization (abst). Headache 33 (5), 1993

Bernstein, A.L., . B. Bromm, J.E. Desmedt (eds), Advances in Pain Research and Therapy Vol. 22 Raven Press 1995

Bernstein, A.L., Tsao, P.D., Berk, W.L., Medication-related chronic daily headache: the role of non-prescription medications. Headache 35 (5), 1995

Bernstein, A.L., Leventhal J.L., Neurotoxicity associated with topical tretinoin (Retin A) Ann. Int. Med 124 (2) 1996

Wang, F., Van Den Eeden, S., Vittinghoff, E., Bernstein, A., King, M., Prevalence of episodic headaches among children in an HMO population. (abst). Neurology 46 (2), A149 suppl., 1996

Wang, F., Van Den Eeden, S., Vittinghoff, E., Bernstein, A., King, M.C., Correlates of pediatric migraine in a health maintainance organization practice. Headache 36 (4), 279, 1996

Petitti, D.B., Sidney, S., Bernstein, A., Wolf, S., Quesenberry, C., Zeil, H.K., Stroke in users of low dose oral contraceptives. NEJM, 335 (1) 8: 1996

Bernstein, A.L., Conducting research under managed care. Sonoma County Physician, 48 (1) 13: 1997

Van Den Eeden, S.K., Bernstein, A.L., Kuntz, K., Hashida, E., Henke, C., A randomized trial of cost effectiveness of dihydroergotamine and sumatriptan in a naturalistic setting. Neurology (48) 3, A123: 1997

Nelson, L.M., Van Den Eeden, S.K., Tanner, C.M., Fross, R., Bernstein, A.L., Paroubeck, L., Sorel, M., Miller, M.K., Incidence of idiopathic Parkinson's disease in a health maintainance orgainzation: variation by age, gender and race/ethnicity. Neurology (48) 3, A 334: 1997

Pettiti, D.B., Sidney, S., Quesenberry, C.P. Jr., Bernstein, A.L., Incidence of stroke and myocardial infarction in women of reproductive age. Stroke 28 (2) 280-283: 1997

Petitti, D.B., Sidney, S., Quesenberry, C.P. Jr., Bernstein, A.L., Ischemic stroke and use of estrogen and estrogen/progesterone as hormone replacement therapy. Stroke 29, (1) 23-28, 1998

Petitti, D.B., Sidney, S., Quesenberry, C.P. Jr., Bernstein, A.L., Stroke and cocaine or amphetamine use. Epidemiology 9 (6), 596-600: 1998

Chan, P., Nelson, L.M., Tanner, C.M., Van Den Eeden, S.K., Bernstein, A.L., Harrignton, D.P., Association between CYP2D6 alleles and Parkinson's disease in a population-based study. Neurology 52 (suppl 2) A12: 1999

Van Den Eeden, S.K., Nelson, L.M., Tanner, C.M., Bernstein, A.L., Comorbidity amoung newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease patients: The Kaiser-Permanente experience. Neurology 52 (suppl 2) A430: 1999

Nelson, L.M., Van Den Eeden, S.K., Tanner, C.M., Bernstein, A.L., Harrington, D.P., Association of alcohol and tobacco consumption with Parkinson's disease: A population-based study. Neurology 52 (suppl 2) A538: 1999

Tanner, C.M., Nelson, L.M., Van Den Eeden, S.K., Harrington, D.P., Bernstein A.L., Skin pigmentation and risks of Parkinson's disease. Neurology 52 (suppl 2) A540: 1999

Bernstein, A.L., Management of Headache: in, Management of Persons with Neurologic Illness, chapter 12. Ozer, M. (ed). Butterworth-Heineman 2000 (in press).